Franklin County

No Republican is on the ballot for this seat; Davide Cugini filed for the Republican primary but is not on the November candidate list.

County Auditor (Michael Stinziano, Democrat).

The one contested judicial race is Probate Court, where Kelly Green and Chris Junga are running for the same seat (Common Pleas judges run without party labels in November). Unopposed: Michael C. Mentel and Terri Jamison (Democrats) for the 10th District Court of Appeals; Carl Aveni, Andy Miller, David Young and Chris Brown for Common Pleas, General Division; Kelley Gabrielle Boller and Lasheyl N. Stroud for Domestic Relations. We haven't profiled judges yet.

Fills the rest of JD Vance's term, through January 2029. Husted was appointed to the seat in January 2025. Stephen Faris, Anthony Holliman and Timothy Telymonde are registered write-in candidates.

Open seat: Gov. Mike DeWine is term-limited. Governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as a ticket. Four write-in tickets are also registered: Timothy Grady / Andrea Neutzling, Renea Turner / Jalen Turner, Ron Ula / Michael C. Lehnerd, and Heather Hill / Patrick Manley.

Open seat. Dave Yost resigned in June 2026, and Gov. DeWine appointed Andy Wilson to serve out the term; Wilson is not on the ballot.

Open seat: Frank LaRose is term-limited and running for auditor. The secretary of state runs Ohio elections.

Open seat: Keith Faber is running for attorney general.

Open seat: Robert Sprague is running for secretary of state. Both candidates carry a question mark; we lean toward Walsh.

Since 2022 Ohio prints a party label next to Supreme Court candidates and nominates them in party primaries. Republicans wrote that law to help their candidates, and Republican nominees run on it, so we count the Republican label against a justice. We don't hold the label against Democrats, who opposed the change and have to run under it.

Same rule as the race above: we count the Republican party label against a justice, not the Democratic one. Brunner sued to overturn the party-label law.

We describe what the issue does and don't make recommendations. It is Ohio's only statewide issue this year, put on the ballot by the Republican-led legislature.

• Issue 3, photo ID to vote: Writes Ohio's existing photo ID requirement for voting into the state constitution. In-person voters would need an unexpired Ohio driver's license or state ID, a U.S. passport, or a military or VA ID. Mail voters could use a photo ID or, where state law allows, a signature plus another identifier. It changes nothing right away, but repealing or loosening the rule would then take another statewide vote. A yes vote adds it to the constitution; a no vote leaves photo ID as an ordinary state law.

Samuel Ronan is a certified write-in candidate.

Wraps around southern Franklin County, including parts of Reynoldsburg, Groveport and Grove City, plus parts of Madison and Pickaway counties.

Covers Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and the Ohio State campus area, among others. Raisheda D. Angus is a certified write-in candidate.

Bexley and part of Columbus.

Elegant Afriyie is a certified write-in candidate.

Eboney C. Eldridge is a certified write-in candidate.

Columbus's West Side, Franklin, Norwich and Prairie townships and Valleyview.

Open seat: Rep. Allison Russo is running for secretary of state. Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and part of northwest Columbus.

Dublin and Worthington. Hunter-Kalagidis won the Republican nomination as a write-in.

Grove City, German Village, Urbancrest, Lockbourne and parts of Columbus. One of the closest House districts in the state; Sigrist won it with 51.5% in 2024.

Dublin and Hilliard. Lett flipped the seat in 2024 with 51.8%.

Mostly Pickaway and Madison counties, with a sliver of Franklin County.

District 2 (Charity Martin King) and District 4 (Beryl Brown Piccolantonio), both Democrats.

Two competing charter amendments. Issue 8, put on the ballot by petition (the "Our City, Our Say" campaign), would have each council member elected only by voters in the district they represent, using the current nine districts. Issue 9, put on by City Council, also makes the nine district seats district-only but adds four at-large members elected citywide (two in 2027, two in 2029), growing council to 13 and redrawing district lines. If both pass, Issue 9 wins wherever they conflict. ABC6 explainer; ballot list.

A new 4.9-mill operating levy with no end date ($172 a year per $100,000) and a $273.5 million construction bond over 38 years (4.84 mills, $169 per $100,000). Ballot list.

A $220 million construction bond over 38 years (2.26 mills, $79 a year per $100,000). Ballot list.

Bexley City Schools asks for a 0.5% income tax with no end date for operating costs, and a $29.25 million construction bond over 30 years (2.05 mills, $72 per $100,000). Voters in parts of the county also see a Delaware Area Career Center renewal at a lower rate (0.75 mill), a 0.75% Pickerington Local Schools income tax for 10 years, and a new 1.5-mill Pickerington Public Library levy. Ballot list.

A charter amendment put on the ballot by petition that creates a public referendum process for large developments. Ballot list.

Renews and raises the levy for the city's police and firefighter pension contributions to 1.13 mills for five years ($26 per $100,000). Ballot list.

New levies with no end date: Madison Township fire (4.89 mills, $171 per $100,000) and police (1.99 mills, $70), and Mifflin Township police district (6.96 mills, $244). Ballot list.

Charter amendments in Gahanna (Issues 18 to 27, including ending the mayoral primary when no more than two candidates file, and updating its nondiscrimination clause) and Worthington (Issues 35 to 38, including two competing versions of the referendum petition signature requirement); a Brown Township zoning plan; road levies in Hamilton and Sharon townships; a Truro Township renewal at a lower rate; and liquor sales questions for single businesses in Columbus, Grove City, Hilliard, Madison Township and Plain Township precincts. Check your sample ballot. Full list.